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11/06/2004 08:24:40 AM · #1 |
Taking Full Advantage of your iPod _____________________________
I just bought a iPod mini, very happy with it :)
I have already transfered all my songs off the computer onto it, the quality is far superior to the older style 'cds'
I have also discovered it can do much more than just play songs - the only catch is - you need a imac to take full advantage of it, or if you have Windows you have to buy special software to replicate the features which requires more money $$$
Don't Fear - Ive been doing my research and found a couple of cool tools, which will get you taking full advantage of the features all for No Extra Cost
Possibilities
1: Convert your music Cds into MP3s (Ripping Cds)
2: Syncronising
Syncronise with Outlook (Requires Microsoft Outlook)
- Mail
- Contacts
- Calendar
- Tasks
- Notes
Syncronise with Information off the Internet (Requires Internet Connection & if your reading this im guessing you already have it :p)
- Weather
- RSS News Feed (Yahoo)|can add more|
- Folders/Files
- Movie ShowTimes
- Daily Horoscope
All catergories organised in a nice clear logical way
What you Need
1. Ripping cds just install the latest version of iTunes
Through the menu select
Edit:Preference:Importing[Tab]
Import Using: MP3 Encoding
Settings: Higher Quality:(192kb/s)
Insert Cd - and click import into library
After the song is in the library just click and drag it into the [ipod playlist] on the left (ipod must be plugged in)
2. Syncronising
you need Two programs
1. Windows .NET Framework 1.1 (Required for iPod Agent to load and run) download and install First
Microsoft .NET Framework - Download -
2. iPod Agent - Web Site- (In beta but works fine) - This is what will sync everything for you off the Internet and Outlook
iPodAgent - Download -
Most of this should work, with all iPods although some features are only available in the new 4G ones
Message edited by author 2004-11-06 08:29:26.
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11/06/2004 05:43:55 PM · #2 |
Anyone have an ipod on this site?
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11/06/2004 05:54:40 PM · #3 |
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11/06/2004 06:30:21 PM · #4 |
i hate itunes. I hate it i hate it i hate it. I hate itunes. It gives me nothing but problems. I use a program called EphPod and it works magically.
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11/06/2004 06:48:01 PM · #5 |
I'm on my 3rd iPod and couldn't imagine life without it.
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11/06/2004 07:30:52 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by hsteg:
i hate itunes. I hate it i hate it i hate it. I hate itunes. It gives me nothing but problems. I use a program called EphPod and it works magically. |
can you make mp3s in EphPod?
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11/08/2004 10:46:29 PM · #7 |
]My New iPod
jst wanna share and say haha I got one and u dont :p - lol
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11/08/2004 10:51:51 PM · #8 |
inverted ipod
Message edited by author 2004-11-08 22:53:49.
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11/09/2004 11:06:31 AM · #9 |
Got a new iPod on the way for the end of the week.
Still my favourite iPod 'accessory' is this though it isn't iPod specific. |
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11/09/2004 11:58:52 AM · #10 |
Every iPod user I've talked to who has had it for 2 years has suffered a hard drive failure. Given that it is more expensive than every single other digital audio player, what is the extra money for?
I'm about to purchase a digital audio player, but I think I'll go with one of the Creative Zen products. You can get one of these in a 60Gb model (i.e. 15X more storage than an iPod mini) for around $320 which is just $80 more than the $240 iPod mini. If you're a huge fan of the iPod's touch functionality, they even have a 20Mb Touch version that is still nearly $100 less than the equivalent iPod. The Creative has nearly double the battery life and supposedly way better signal-to-noise ratio (up to 97dB) and channel separation (up to 74dB), though I can't verify this because Apple doesn't even list these specifications on their web site.
Also, I question this statement: "I have already transfered all my songs off the computer onto it, the quality is far superior to the older style 'cds'". If you are recording your audio from CD into 192 kb/s MP3 format then I guarantee you that your audio quality is far LESS superior to older style "cds". 192 kb/s is "sampled" meaning that rather than recording the whole sound, it only record sample points at discrete intervals, leaving out part of the soundwave to save space. In order to get true CD quality, you should record in "lossless" format.
Unfortunately, if you record in lossless format, the average song size will be around 25Mb, which means your 4Gb mini will hold about 160 songs or a dozen albums.
The best way to handle this is to convert your CD collection to a lossless format such as FLAC. Then you can toss out the CDs because you have them perfectly preserved (though you may want to keep them to show the grandkids how arcane our technology was). From FLAC format, you can then generate lower quality (192 kb/s) MP3s to play on your iPod (kinda the way we create small versions of our full-size photos for this site).
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11/09/2004 12:08:06 PM · #11 |
Couple of reasons for my decision:
No Audible.com DRM support for the creative device.
AAC is quite a bit better than mp3 for equivalent data size.
(certainly any lossy encoded format is going to be worse than a CD, but AAC is better than mp3)
I get a big discount on Apple products, which helps.
I can't hear single digit differences in dBs, given that it isn't a linear scale, so I don't care.
Message edited by author 2004-11-09 13:09:08. |
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11/09/2004 01:20:34 PM · #12 |
I have an ipod and really like it. Though, I could care less about it being an 'ipod'. I wouldn't mind any mp3 player. I do like the ipod's wheel though. Makes scrolling through songs really easy and fast.
As for ripping CDs, I always use Easy Media Creator by Roxio. I love that thing. I use it for burning cds, dvds, etc too. So, I put all my songs into Itunes and then put them in the right playlists (rock, dance, techno, industrial, etc) and then I connect my ipod to sync. I don't take advantage of having outlook in there, but perhaps I should. I do use outlook.
Anyhow, I have only had mine for a year, and i got it for free (present for my birthday) so I can't complain :)
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11/09/2004 09:40:11 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by techtraum:
Also, I question this statement: "I have already transfered all my songs off the computer onto it, the quality is far superior to the older style 'cds'". If you are recording your audio from CD into 192 kb/s MP3 format then I guarantee you that your audio quality is far LESS superior to older style "cds". 192 kb/s is "sampled" meaning that rather than recording the whole sound, it only record sample points at discrete intervals, leaving out part of the soundwave to save space. In order to get true CD quality, you should record in "lossless" format. |
How MP3 Works
The MP3 format uses characteristics of the human ear to design the compression algorithm. For example:
1. There are certain sounds that the human ear cannot hear.
2. There are certain sounds that the human ear hears much better than others.
3. If there are two sounds playing simultaneously, we hear the louder one but cannot hear the softer one.
Using facts like these, certain parts of a song can be eliminated without hurting the quality of the song for the listener. Compressing the rest of the song with well-known compression techniques shrinks the song considerably -- by a factor of 10 at least.
In other words it just eliminates the parts of the songs, we can't hear if you played a lossless format file and a MP3 of the same song you would not notice any different at all
Other iPod Facts
with my iPod - Ive plugged it into my audio system and it works perfectly even at full blast, great bass and response time - I also know a few people who have plugged it into there car audio system which allows them to play thousands of songs without the need of changing cds this of course will work with any MP3 portable system.
the iPod can also play
* AAC (16 to 320 Kbps)
* MP3 (32 to 320 Kbps)
* MP3 VBR
* Apple Lossless
* WAV
* AIFF
* Audible
Message edited by author 2004-11-09 21:40:36. |
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11/09/2004 09:48:57 PM · #14 |
what method do you use for car use?
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11/09/2004 09:59:30 PM · #15 |
Accessories for iPod users on the road
There are accessories found Here
theres a few methods you can use ...
Message edited by author 2004-11-09 22:08:12.
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11/09/2004 10:04:19 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by hsteg:
what method do you use for car use? |
I hear real mixed reportds on how good the iTrip is.
Anyone got one ? How's the sound quality ? Compared to normal FM broadcasts, compared to CDs ?
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11/09/2004 10:11:11 PM · #17 |
i have a tape adapter from an old cd player and it works fine.
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11/09/2004 10:21:33 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
I can't hear single digit differences in dBs, given that it isn't a linear scale, so I don't care. |
3dB is usually considered the threshold of noticable, 6dB certainly is noticable. |
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11/09/2004 10:42:15 PM · #19 |
I bought an adaptor for my car stereo from LogJam electronics that I hooked into the back of my head unit to plug in the iPod. I really hate the FM transmitter method, it's not really reliable in my experience. And a note to Techtraum, I've had a 5 gig iPod since they first came out with no problems whatever, certainly no hard drive failure, and have never heard of anyone else having this problem either, so perhaps it isn't as wide-spread as you indicated.
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11/09/2004 10:48:53 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by techtraum:
Every iPod user I've talked to who has had it for 2 years has suffered a hard drive failure |
Maybe its just the battery that needed replacing? - the batterys last around 2 years or more (depending on usage)! - then you gotta get the batterys replaced
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